Pearson e-Products Teacher’s Guide

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Pearson e-Bookshelf

Overview 2

Accessing e-Textbook resources 4

Adding notes and materials to e-Textbook 5

Showing / hiding resource links on book page 6

Sharing resources with students and other teacher users 7

Sending notification to students 8

Using e-Textbook across different platforms 9

Using e-Textbook offline 10

Viewing iWorkout report 11

Activating class control 12

iLesson

Getting started for iLesson 13

Conducting an iLesson activity 14

iActivity

Assigning an iActivity 15

Managing student posts 16

Starting peer evaluation 17

Appendix (Materials available online / offline) 18

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Pearson e-Bookshelf

Download e-Textbook

You have to download the e-Textbook on bookshelf when using a tablet.

If the available storage size of tablet is below 1GB, you need to clear the

space before downloading the e-Textbook.

Update e-Textbook

You will see in the bookshelf when there is any update on e-Textbook.

To do so, you need to:

quit (see the details as below) and relaunch the e-Textbook app.

tap beside EACH downloaded book to start updating.

quit the app and relaunch it again to see the updated content or use the

enhanced features after updating of ALL downloaded books.

Overview

HOW TO QUIT THE APP? iPad users 1. Press the Home button (the round one) twice to display the icons of all recently opened apps in the

bar. 2. Flick the Pearson e-bookshelf app away to quit.

Android tablet users 1. Tab the Recent apps button (next to the Home button) to display all recently opened apps. 2. Flick the Pearson e-bookshelf app away to quit.

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General functions

Table of

Contents

Student Handbook

Students can find resources

and exercises assigned by

teachers here.

Bookmarks

Tools

Users can find useful tools

such as dictionary and the

search function here.

Drawing

tools

Insert

Add your own resources

such as notes, pictures

and web links.

Show / Hide

Select notes to

show on page.

Single / Double

Page Mode

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We offer a wide range of digital resources in our Pearson e-Textbook. You

can find these resources on the relevant pages of the e-Textbook.

For quick reference, you can also find a list of these resources under the

Table of Contents.

Choose the Resource tab and select the chapter to expand the

resource list. Then choose the resource you want to open.

Accessing e-Textbook resources

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You can add notes to your e-Textbook with the following buttons:

Notes, pictures and web links added by teachers are marked with a red pin.

Those added by students themselves are marked with a green pin on their own

e-Textbook.

Adding notes and materials to e-Textbook

Pictures

Add pictures to the e-Textbook.

Drawing

Add markings and

drawings with this tool.

Note

Add notes to

the page.

Text

Add text directly

to the page.

Web link

Add URL links to useful

websites.

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You can choose the types of resources to show on your e-Textbook.

Choose the Show / Hide option and select the types of resources that you

want to display on the book pages.

Showing / hiding resource links on book page

Show / Hide

Select the types of resources you want to

show on your e-Textbook.

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You can share any notes or resources you have added to the

e-Textbook with your students and other teachers.

To do so, you need to …

open the resource item that you want to share;

choose the Share button at the bottom

right corner ;

select the class or teacher users whom you

want to share the item with and then choose

‘Done’;

choose to start sharing the item.

Sharing resources with students and other teacher users

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You can assign exercises to your students. When you do so, you can also

send a notification to your students’ handbook to alert them.

To send a notification to your

students, open the relevant

exercise and then choose the

Notification button on the top

right hand corner. Select the class,

enter a message and then choose

‘Send’.

Your students will then receive a notification in their e-Textbook.

Sending notifications to students

Notifications and teacher’s message

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You can access Pearson e-Textbook on different platforms (desktop

computers and tablet devices etc).This means that when you add a note to

your e-Textbook on your desktop computer, you will be able to see that note

in the e-Textbook on your tablet computer as well, by tapping the Cloud

and Refresh buttons manually on the current page.

When you see the ‘Cloud’ button in red it means that you have

materials stored on your local device. You need to go online to upload your

resources so that the e-Textbook on all different platforms can show the most

up-to-date resources or notes.

You need to refresh the e-Textbook one more time when you sign in

your account on another device.

Using e-Textbook across different platforms

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Users can read Pearson e-Textbooks offline. To do so, you need to …

download and install the Pearson e-Textbook app on your tablet device;

sign in your account and download the e-Textbook that you want.

After you have downloaded an e-Textbook on your tablet device, you and

your students can do these offline …

read your e-Textbook;

edit / view bookmarks;

add notes and resources (e.g. text, pictures, web links etc).

submit iWorkout and other exercises (e.g. Recording activity and

iAssessment etc).

When you add notes or resources to the e-Textbook offline, all materials will

be saved on your local device. Once you sign in your account online again,

you need to refresh the e-Textbook manually to synchronise your

account across all platforms so as to upload any resources that have been

created while you are offline.

To see if iWorkout and other exercise are submitted successfully or not, you

can check the status of the icons out …

Status iWorkout Recording Activity

Note-taking Flipped Classroom

iAssessment

Not Submitted

Submitted online

Completed and saved on local device

Using e-Textbook offline

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Teacher can view the reports in iWorkout for student records.

You can tap on the button under the ‘Student Record’ tab to view

individual student’s record of each question.

You can also tap on the button to export an Excel file for easy

administration.

Viewing iWorkout report

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The class control function on Pearson e-Textbook allows teachers to

control student computers / tablet devices in the classroom for efficient

teaching and learning.

To activate this function, choose the Class Control icon and switch

it on. You can control your students’ computers / tablet devices in the

following ways:

Activating class control

Class control

Slide the button to switch on this function.

Flip page

Teachers can turn the pages on students’

e-Textbook remotely.

Lock page

Teachers can lock the screens of the students’

devices so that they cannot navigate away

from a certain book page.

When the Lock page mode is on, students are

still able to open any resources on the book

page. However, all functions on the menu bar,

except the Zoom function are disabled.

Blackout screens

Teachers can black out the screen on students’

devices so the class can focus on the lecture.

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iLesson

iLesson activities are interactive in-class games to be used on tablet

devices. Students complete them during class time. Teachers control the

assignment of questions and answer checking using the teacher tablets.

Before using iLesson activities in class, you need to set the digital seating

plan so that all student answers can be recorded correctly. You will also need

to decide the number of students sharing one tablet. To do this …

choose the Settings button on the top menu bar;

select the number of students using one tablet;

update the seating plan for groupings (if needed) by dragging student

names on the plan and then choose ‘OK’.

After that, you will see the question panel.

Getting started for iLesson

Settings

Set the class seating

plan here.

Auto popup question

screen

Display questions

automatically on the screen.

How to play

Show students how to play this game

with the instructional slideshow here.

Send questions

Start a question and display it on both

the projector and students’ tablet

devices.

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To start an iLesson activity, select ‘Auto popup question screen’ and then

send out a question with the button.

The question will then be displayed on both the projector and student tablets.

You can also see the number of students who have submitted their answers

at the bottom of your teacher panel.

After each question, you can check the answers with the class and obtain

instant feedback on students’ performance with these buttons:

At times when students are assigned group activities, they will need to

complete them on a single tablet device. If each of them is initially using a

separate tablet, they will get a message on their screen asking them to use

the group leader’s tablet. The leader in each group will be assigned

automatically by the system.

If you have started iLesson from your e-Textbook, choose the Back to e-Book

button at the bottom to return to the e-Textbook.

Conducting an iLesson activity

Model answers

Choose this button and then the

button to check

answers on both the projector

and student tablets.

Result Overview

View the number of correct

and incorrect answers

submitted in a question.

Student Record

Review answers

submitted by individual

students.

Scoreboard

Show score records and

rankings with this button.

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iActivity

iActivity is a collection of digital resources designed to enable your students

to post and share pictures, opinions or writings. Each grade level has a

total of 40GB of storage size for students and teachers to upload pictures

and audio clips throughout a school year. This is equivalent to a quota of

about 50 photos per students (2MB max per picture) and 50 audio clips per

student (6MB max per recording).

iActivity consists of the following interactive tools (some features may vary

depending on subjects):

iBoard – a digital bulletin board for posting pictures.

iForum – an online forum for sharing opinions.

iPost – an online platform for posting your writings such as articles and

stories etc.

You can notify your students about the assignment of an iActivity. To do so,

open an iActivity, choose the Notification button and select the class.

Enter a message and then choose ‘Done’. You students will then receive a

notification in their handbook.

Assigning an iActivity

Back to top

Block post

Block any posts

with inappropriate

contents.

Refresh

Add a post

Students add a post by uploading a picture

or entering their opinion / writing.

Notify students

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You can adjust the settings of student posts under ‘Settings’. You can …

set the number of posts each student can make in an iActivity;

enable / disable the editing function of submitted posts.

You can also leave comments for your students’ work by typing in the

message board underneath each post.

At times when students post something inappropriate, teachers can choose

to block any student posts with the ‘Lock post’ function. Simply choose the

Lock post icon at the top right hand corner of a student’s post to

remove it.

You can also lock any inappropriate messages made by students with the

button.

Managing student posts

Miss Chan

Ben Wong

Li Ka Wai

Lock / unlock post

Block any posts or comments

that are inappropriate. Click

once to block the message and

click again to release it.

Great post!

Good job! Good choice of words.

Miss Chan

Share you opinion

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iActivities encourage peer evaluation and sharing among students.

Students can …

view their classmates’ work;

leave comments for classmates.

Teachers can also choose to enable the Rating function so that students

can give ratings to their classmates’ work against a set of criteria. To do this,

simply choose the Rate button on the post. You can also modify the

rating criteria under the Settings section.

Starting peer evaluation

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Appendix A quick glance of what are available online and offline.

App Online Offline

e-Bookshelf

e-Textbook view downloaded books download new books

bookmarks view bookmarks add / edit bookmarks

(new / edited bookmarks are temporarily saved on local device and will be sent to server once online)

notes view existing notes edit existing notes add new notes receive new notes from teachers

(new / edited notes are temporarily saved on local device and will be sent to server once online)

iWorkout /

Recording /

iAssessment

receive iAssessment from teachers

iLesson

iActivity (iBoard, iForum, iPost)

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